Status Report: 8/31/10

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Progress Report: August 31st, 2010
Weight: 263.6lbs
Body Fat Percentage:  36%
BMI: 38.4
Weight loss so far: 1.4lbs

Can I tell you how frustrating it is to try to get back into the game, and to only see gains for the weeks that follow?

Frustrating at hell!

I thought I did okay.  I have been at the gym almost every day, and the days I wasn’t at the gym I was doing something at least.

I did okay at the party, not as good as I could have done, but it certainly wasn’t horrible.

I thought I did okay foodwise, but you can still eat bad without considering it gorging, so I have some work there, I guess.

Anywho, here is a rundown of my goals for the past week:

  • Run/walk/jog at least 20 miles this week.  Boo! I did do cardio, but unfortunately I only walked/ran 5.7 miles.
  • Two more rounds of #awesomeworkoutchallenge.  Boo!  While I worked out, none of these were 152 minute workouts.
  • Three rounds of strength training.  WooT! I actually did some form of strength training 5 times this past week. Sometimes it wasn’t much, but it was something.
  • Work at least 10 hours of overtime.  WooT!  I actually worked 12.5 hours.

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    Okay, we’re in another week now, so here is a new set of goals:

    • Run/walk/jog at least 20 miles.
    • Four rounds of strength training.
    • Work 10 hours of overtime.
    • Lose SOMETHING! :)
    • Watch the diet. No unnecessary crap.

    In other news, I got my digital body fat monitor in the mail.  Still waiting on the calipers so I can compare readings, but I’ll be including a body fat count in the weekly status reports from here on out.  Weight itself isn’t everything.  I have to get both of those numbers down.

    That’s all I got.  Hope you have a good day!

    Doin' the bad sh*t...

    Jun 122010

    So I’ve talked of the reset, of starting fresh in June and all that, but the struggle hasn’t left me completely.

    It’s my diet.

    The same thing I’ve been struggling with from the very first day.  Since the beginning, I’ve had good stretches, but then I’d falter, then I’d do good again.  I’ve made plans to diet, calorie count, track my meals, etc…etc…but none of them have really gained any ground.

    It’s frustrating, because during previous weight loss efforts the diet came fairly easily…but I really wasn’t doing it “the right way” as those previous efforts were extremely lowcal.

    With that said, I kinda sorta gave into weakness today, and bought something that I’m hoping might help…

    Hydroxycut.

    When I started my journey, I told myself, and I told all of you that I wasn’t going to use diet pills.  I’ve tried them before, with limited success, and sometimes really weird side effects (I took dexatrim for awhile and had neon yellow pee).  Still though, I feel like I need to try something, even if its only temporary and to jumpstart thing.

    I haven’t started taking it yet, and I’m really not even proud that I bought it.  I was fully intending to take it but not talk about it, but I felt that would be deceptive.

    Ugh…I don’t know what to do.  I know I shouldn’t, and I know they can have some negative effects, but it’s like my desire to see something happen is overriding my better judgement…but this desire doesn’t seem to be enough to propel me to do anything on my own, which is REALLY frustrating. Boo!

    Do any of you use anything (like diet pills, or whatever) to help you out?  What do YOU do to keep your diet on track?  Any and all help would be appreciated.